Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park — Attraction in Sheridan

One of Arkansas' smallest state parks. There has been many improvements made by the State Parks' department over the last year who continue to maintain the site. There is a cooking grill adjacent to the covered pavilion with a picnic table. There are also several other picnic tables scattered about the park. The park also has a boat ramp providing access to the Saline River. The parks department has also recently added several interpretive markers describing the Civil War battle that occurred near there. It's definitely worth a drive, especially during the fall, to enjoy the quiet of the place and have a picnic. The swimming hole adjacent to the park is a popular place for area residents during the...

On any other given day this park probably would have had less Stars simply because I'm not much of a history buff. However, we visited the South after a ton of rain and pretty much every park we went to was flooded. Jenkins Ferry had the worst flooding. But, this gave us our most memorable state park visit because we were not leaving the park without that state park stamp! Luckily we had brought our kayaks along. So we explored the flooded park by kayak. We are experienced kayakers and took all precautions! If we are ever in the south close to this park again, I would like to stop by and see what it looks like when it's...

Lovely place to visit, there wasn't a soul around for most of my exploration. The signs were very informative and definitely brought the battle to life. If there are any artifacts from the event, they are long lost to history or simply not emphasized to visitors. This really isn't surprising, it seems to have been a rather short winded skirmish intended to cripple the Yankees on their retreat back North, definitely not a typical battlefield, which only adds to the intrigue. The picnic tables are unusable for the most part, but that had no impact on my visit. Hope...